The Prince, who knew the signal, bidding adieu to the company, instantly galloped off with his friend, another knight, and four esquires.Continuing

During the summer, Leicester had been harassed with repeated solicitations for the release of the two princes, Edward and Henry.Continuing How The

By this victory, the royal authority was laid prostrate at the feet of Leicester.Continuing How The House of Commons Began in England,our

Leicester, having added a body of fifteen thousand citizens to his army, marched from London, with a resolution to bring the controversy to an

The power of the two parties was now more equally balanced, and their mutual apprehensions inclined them to listen to the pacific exhortations of the

At length Henry persuaded himself that the time had arrived when he might resume his authority.Continuing How The House of Commons Began in

At the appointed day the great council, distinguished in our annals by the appellation of the "Mad Parliament," assembled at Oxford.Continuing How

"I shall never repent of anything so much," replied Henry, "as that I allowed you to grow and fatten within my dominions."Continuing How The House